Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Huffington Post(NEW YORK) -- New name, who's this? It hasn't even been a month since Elon Musk and Grimes welcomed their baby boy and they've already had to alter his name. The couple originally named their newborn X Æ A-12, however, that violated California state law which states that only the 26 letters from the alphabet are allowed to be used, prompting the duo to change the name to X Æ A-Xii. […]
Credit: Daniel McFadden / Focus Features(LOS ANGELES) -- Focus Features and Universal Pictures have announced that Jon Stewart's political comedy Irresistible, slated for a theatrical release this coming Friday, will premiere at home on demand June 26th instead. The film, written and directed by the former Daily Show host, stars Steve Carell as the Democrats' top strategist, who believes the key to winning back America's heartland lies with a retired Marine colonel, played by Chris […]
ABC/Nicole Wilder(TEXAS) -- Matthew McConaughey is making sure that Texas' smaller hospitals are well prepared to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. On Friday, the Dallas Buyers Club Oscar-winner and his wife, Camila Alves McConaughey, delivered over 110,000 masks to hospitals across the state. "Thanks to @lincoln for donating 110 thousand masks," the 50-year-old captioned a photo of him and his wife driving a large white truck that's hauling a sizable load of brown boxes filled with the critical personal protective equipment. […]
ABC/Rick Rowell(LOS ANGELES) -- Actress Rebel Wilson is proving that once she sets a goal for herself, she sticks to it no matter how ambitious it is. The Pitch Perfect star on Monday posted a snap of her wearing gym clothes and shared an inspirational message to fans about never giving up. "Even if you have to crawl towards your goals, keep going x it will be worth it," Wilson encouraged. "Try and give a little bit of […]
The Golden Lion Award -- TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images(ITALY) -- As many parts of the world recover from the COVID-19 crisis, the mayor of hard-hit Venice, Italy insists the city's famed film festival is still happening this September. Variety reports Luca Zaia, governor of Veneto, has given the green light to the annual event, which is scheduled to start September 2 and run through September 12. The festival, which showcases offerings […]
Disney+(NEW YORK) -- If you have Disney+, you're going to know Community veteran Yvette Nicole Brown. Not only was she in Lady and the Tramp and had a cameo in Avengers: Endgame, she's also been working on a dramedy with John Stamos called Big Shot for the streaming service, and now hosts the new Disney+ kid game show The Big Fib. Her involvement with these projects were no accident, she tells ABC […]
MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP via Getty ImagesBy: STEPHEN IERVOLINO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Sharp-eyed fans' attention to detail while watching Back to the Future Part II on Netflix has gotten major attention from the streaming service. Apparently, Netflix had been running a censored version of the film without realizing it. The cut, which the fan noticed, included a sloppy deletion of Michael J. Fox's Marty McFly discovering family nemesis Biff had smuggled a French […]
iStock/brightstarsBy: STEPHEN IERVOLINO, ABC News (GEORGIA) -- With Georgia successfully becoming one of the first states to open for business following the COVID-19 lockdowns, Gov. Brian P. Kemp issued a "best practices" guide for film and TV crews working in the Peach State. Georgia has become a massive hub for Hollywood productions, with everything from the Marvel movies to MacGyver and The Walking Dead shooting there -- some 391 productions in all in 2019, Deadline reports. Governor Kemp's guide […]
Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesBy: KATE HODGSON, AARON KATERSKY, and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (BOSTON) -- Full House actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, appeared via video conference before a federal judge in Boston today to plead guilty to conspiracy charges that stem from the so-called Varsity Blues college admissions cheating scheme. Loughlin, in a black high-collar long-sleeve shirt, appeared on screen with her attorney from what […]
